Frankly, I would not worry much about the slight differences between them. They are all superb fun. If you find one reasonably priced BUY IT.
Take for example the 50mm f1.4. I learned on this list just a few days ago that there are two versions of the Super Takumar, an earlier 8 element design and a later 7. The 7 element design continued up to the last SMC Takumar and only the coatings changed. I suppose the conventional wisdom would be that the coatings only got better over time, but some people actually desire the earliest model for portraiture BECAUSE it is a bit softer wide open. There is nothing like the feeling of the old Taks (any of them) and I especially appreciate that they are designed to NOT ROLL OFF your table top. :) Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
